The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-04
BLOODY WATERLOO. IT
OF TIE nEBE1L1oN.
Ths victors and the ranquished Moot or
tho Gettysburg l'ntueneid Tho Dtdl.
cation Of Monuments Commsmo.
rating Pickt It's Famous Charge.

tho Gettysburg battlefield Tho Dsdl. A
cation Of Monuments Commemo.
rating Pickt It's Famous Charge.
GrrrYesuna, Pa, July 3.-yery little
more sleep visltsd the eyes Of the people
Of Gettysburg last night than on tho night
Of July 2, 1868. The morning iawusd
clear md beautiful, perfect counterpart
oil the memorable day 1t commemorsteu.
In place OF caunons shooting, however,
tho shrill shrioks Of the locomotive
broke tho Sabbath ntlllness, as excursion
after excursion reinforced the crowds al.
ready thronging the streets, Tho brilliant
uniforms, the flashing arms and the mass
Of people moving in all direction over the
field brings vividly to mind tho tcsnea OF
the great conflict. Tho morning was spent
in sightseeing and going ovar-tho field.
One hou1o on Baltimore street, in which
a. rebel shot Is sticking, attracted more
than usual notice. s,1G I7TT ~
= Thia afternoon, after dining, the yeterans
collected at their respective headquarters
at ! 80 r. ". The procession formed ct
tho Eagle hotel and led by Adju.srt
White and f3lloTed by the band TOOK up
It's march toward the place where twenty.
four years before tho Philadelphia mon
had held their position againat The famous
Pickett's division OF Lougslraet's corps OF
the army OF Northern Virginia. Tbs pro.
ceesion proceeded out Baltimore street 10
the place whers the Emmitlsburg road
joins 1t and which was ths outer port Of
the Union sharpehoosers during tbe fight.
Out the Emnottsburg road to the battle
field the weareIs OF the blue bajyea end
white helmets proceeded. Slowly thsy
made their way through tho dust. At
length they reached the "b!oody angle"
The band strikcn up "Rally Round the
Flag Boys and tho old Philadelphia bri-
gadn is oncs moro on the ground they 90
nob!y defended against cuch oyerwhelui.
Ing odds. On they come past the monu-
mcnt oil the Eeveniy-lrst, psat the n.onu.
mcnt OF the sixty-ninth, they 90 past the
monuments sgain. Then the Hiberuinn
riff 4s march past bstwosn and dtay up Ia
front Of the Six.y.nin!h's monument.
u a SCENE OF PEACE. 4&
4 The scene ia strIkinely magnificent. Ten
milec away on tho west arc tho heights OF
the Blue Ridge folding around the town
like an amphithsater, and nolt breeze
is lszi,y moving the ripeaing grain ono
mile away and reaching from Round Top
on the south to the Harrisburg rcatl. On
the north are the woods, all beautiful in
their. green drtas from which P:ckett's
diyisionu on the cven,ful 3rd OF July, 1868,
eme rged and started across the mils Of al
most level country which lies between
their eheltsring gloom md Cemetery
ridge. The stone fence Ia ssill standing
behiad which ths Philadelphia brigade
made i!s heroic Hsond, ind the two NOM.
ments Of tho Sixty ninth and Seventy.
frat ara locsted within ieT feet OF it. A
minute after 3 o'clock the Sixty-ainth
marched TO the stand, and there the as.
sem blsge wss called to orderly Colonel
O'Brien, who introd1cud Adjutant A ".
McDermo!t who read . liat OF the killed
and wounded OF the sixty.nin!h. rs
then presented General Joshus T. Oven,
who delivered the oration. During his
speech the General said that the COM
mander OF the Philadelphia brigade, when
he placed them ut tho stone wall 10 Ruch
an Gdvercsd position, knew they would
etay there and hold the pcai.lon I'll! death.
He referred 10 the manner in which they
20. the name OF sPaddy o Sen's regulars"
and pointed out General Brown 80 the
man who 40 called them.
TUE CELEBRATED CHARGE.
He said he hardly know what to say 10
the men, who tEenty-iour years ago
emerged from the woodn, three hundred
yards away, and made the terrible assault.
"Let them place their monument whero
they w!sb,n he continued, "Arnistesd
and several others pierced our Inns and
here within few feet OF ihe spo. ho icll
wounded unto deeth. The renow owped
phs,anxeB OF Alexander would not haye
dared to make the charge Pickett made"
In closing, he called for th7ae cheers for
Pickett's division &c proof OF their ir|oad-
ship. They were given With will, as
were three cheers for General O.enu.
Colonsl-Reilly thon presented the monu-
ment to the keeping OF tho battle fsld
memoria! association. It was rgcsiyed
by Colonel ]. B. Batehelder. ks sooa as
Colonel Batcholder had Fnished Colonel
Reilly arose aud in tue name OF tho Sixty.
ninth regiment presented him with q
handsome gold watch appropriately in
scribsi. The Colonel was much surprised
and In few words thanked the regiment
for its kind remembrance OF him. II.
MRS. PICKETT HoSoREb.
Before tho ceremonies began, Mrs. Pick
ett, escorted by General Burns, took her
sest On tho p!st;osn.F and the crowd
chcered her. Then Adjutspt General
McDermott presented her with beautiful
horal crosB, which had been given the
brigade by Mrs. Reed, OF Philadelphia,
and which they now wished to present to
her. She sraso Ggd merely bowed har
thanks. Thia finished the ceremonies Of
the Sixtv.ninth and now the Seventy frat
took the platform and Capt. Stockton In.
trodacsd Gsneral Burns, who succeeded
General Baids Smith in command, as ora.
tor. The General epokc tor some time
but finally took ont his pspes and -ead.
When he had finished, General Smith
was preaeutsd aud sgpsc for q few min
utee. 1t iell On General Wistar TO turn
the monument over. to tho battle feld
memorial association, and ho was 30 much
affected by the sight Of the email number
ct the brigade remaining that II took him
several minutes to master hie ieelings. s
The monument was accepted for the
association by Dol. John ". Vanderslice,
| OF PHILADELPHIA, Col. +. Fem Gpith in
very interesting speecb, turned owes to